The actual outdoor temperature Saturday at 7:30 a.m.
The actual temperature in my cellar, at the waterline that goes into the house.
Yes, it was frozen. See that all that cloth? It was all the rags I could find stuffed into a spot where there was a hellacious draft coming in from outdoors because the insulation that goes there is missing!
I did manage to thaw the waterline safely, by leaving the door between the cellar and the basement open (which made the basement really fricking cold!) and putting a fan in the cellar aimed up at that pipe to route 'hot' air that way.
The frost-free hydrant behind the barn has continued to work through all this super cold weather.
This is a "Hallelujah! We Have Water!" photo.
Just livin' the dream. Dressed for barn chores, because animal care goes on no matter what the weather is.
We've also been getting snow almost daily, although some days it blows away in the high winds.
Gotta love having the legs on my insulated bibs frozen from shin to foot every single time I do anything outside (which has been no less that four times a day daily lately). Unzipping the legs to be able to get my boots off is great fun.
The horses are dressed in their heavyweight blankets and neck covers. They go outside daily still, for a minimum of the hour it takes me to clean stalls, longer if they appear comfortable. It's not good for them to be contained in a stall for days on end, they need to get out and move and breathe fresh air.
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